PRAYAGRAJ, March 19 -- The Allahabad high court has reiterated that there can be no impediment or embargo with regard to holding prayers or religious functions within private premises, irrespective of the faith of the individual, citing its earlier ruling in the Maranatha Full Gospel Ministries case.

The court made the observation while hearing a petition related to restrictions imposed on offering prayers at a site in Sambhal during Ramzan.

A bench of justice Atul Sreedharan and justice Siddharth Nandan, after going through photographs of the structure, opined that the structure is not a mosque, as on date. However, it said that the place has been used for the purpose of offering Namaz earlier, and there should be no obstruction to the...